University-industry technology commercialization (UTC) from interdisciplinary environments is promising to contribute to solutions for major socio-economic challenges. However, UTC requires considerable coordination and mediation effort and thus intrinsic motivation from the involved researchers. Thus, the objective of the present study is to explore entrepreneurial passion as a means to facilitate researchers’ intrinsic motivation for UTC activities. The interdisciplinary field of battery research is used as a representative environment for the expert interview study. Drawing on qualitative content analysis, a framework is developed, which links researchers’ intrinsic motivation to respective UTC activities, resulting in three distinct UTC-promoting roles. Implications for policy makers seeking to promote UTC, for research managers responsible for the implementation of transfer projects as well as actors from industry who have an interest in collaborative R&D with public research institutions are provided.

来自跨学科环境的大学产业技术商业化 (UTC) 有望为解决重大社会经济挑战做出贡献。然而，UTC 需要相当多的协调和调解工作，因此需要相关研究人员的内在动机。因此，本研究的目的是探索创业热情作为促进研究人员对 UTC 活动的内在动机的一种手段。电池研究的跨学科领域被用作专家访谈研究的代表环境。利用定性内容分析，开发了一个框架，将研究人员的内在动机与各自的 UTC 活动联系起来，从而产生三个不同的 UTC 促进角色。对寻求推广 UTC 的政策制定者的影响，